127th New York State Legislature


The 127th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 6 to April 15, 1904, during the fourth year of Benjamin B. Odell, Jr.'s governorship, in Albany.

Background

Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1894, 50 Senators and 150 assemblymen were elected in single-seat districts; senators for a two-year term, assemblymen for a one-year term. The senatorial districts were made up of entire counties, except New York County, Kings County, Erie County and Monroe County. The Assembly districts were made up of contiguous area, all within the same county,.
At this time there were two major political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. The Socialist Party, the Prohibition Party and the Socialist Labor Party also nominated tickets.

Elections

The New York state election, 1903, was held on November 3. The only statewide elective office up for election was a judgeship on the New York Court of Appeals. The incumbent Democrat Denis O'Brien was re-elected with Republican endorsement. The Socialist candidate received about 33,000 votes, the Prohibition candidate about 19,000.

Sessions

The Legislature met for the regular session at the State Capitol in Albany on January 6, 1904; and adjourned on April 15.
S. Frederick Nixon was re-elected Speaker.

State Senate

Districts

Note: In 1897, New York County, Kings County, Richmond County and the Western part of Queens County were consolidated into the present-day City of New York. The Eastern part of Queens County was separated in 1899 as Nassau County. Parts of the 1st and 2nd Assembly districts of Westchester County were annexed by New York City in 1895, and became part of the Borough of the Bronx in 1898.

Members

The asterisk denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
DistrictSenatorPartyNotes
1stEdwin Bailey, Jr.*Democrat
2ndLuke A. Keenan*Democrat
3rdThomas H. Cullen*Democrat
4thThomas C. Whitlock*Democrat
5thJames H. McCabe*Democrat
6thWalter C. Burton*Democrat
7thPatrick H. McCarren*Democrat
8thHenry Marshall*Republican
9thJoseph Wagner*Democrat
10thDaniel J. Riordan*Democrat
11thJohn C. Fitzgerald*Democrat
12thSamuel J. Foley*Democrat
13thBernard F. Martin*Democrat
14thThomas F. Grady*DemocratMinority Leader
15thNathaniel A. Elsberg*Republican
16thPeter J. Dooling*Democrat
17thGeorge W. Plunkitt*Democrat
18thVictor J. Dowling*Democraton November 8, 1904, elected to the New York Supreme Court
19thJohn W. Russell*Democrat
20thJames J. Frawley*Democrat
21stJohn A. Hawkins*Democrat
22ndFrancis M. CarpenterRepublicanelected to fill vacancy, in place of Charles P. McClelland
23rdLouis F. Goodsell*Republican
24thHenry S. Ambler*Republican
25thFrank J. Lefevre*Republican
26thJotham P. Allds*Republican
27thSpencer K. Warnick*Republican
28thEdgar T. Brackett*Republican
29thJames B. McEwan*Republican
30thWilliam D. Barnes*Republican
31stSpencer G. Prime*Republican
32ndGeorge R. Malby*Republican
33rdWalter L. Brown*Republican
34thWilliam Townsend*Democrat
35thElon R. Brown*Republican
36thHorace White*Republican
37thFrancis H. Gates*Republican
38thGeorge E. Green*Republican
39thBenjamin M. Wilcox*Republican
40thEdwin C. Stewart*Republican
41stFranklin D. Sherwood*Republican
42ndJohn Raines*RepublicanPresident pro tempore
43rdMerton E. Lewis*Republican
44thWilliam W. Armstrong*Republican
45thIrving L'Hommedieu*Republican
46thFrederick C. Stevens*Republican
47thHenry W. Hill*Republican
48thSamuel J. Ramsperger*Democrat
49thGeorge Allen Davis*Republican
50thAlbert T. Fancher*Republican

Employees

Assemblymen

Employees